What makes you happy?
So, I struggle with depression and 2 forms of anxiety. It's hard for anyone who knows what it's like and I'm sorry you have to go through that.
I get asked a lot "Keri, how do you remain so optimistic and happy when depression used to get you so down?" And I always give them the same answer: I make myself happy.
Yes, I admit that I know it isn't that simple. Nothing worth it is ever easy. But just think about it. You know who has your back when everyone else leaves? You.
I realized I was too busy focusing on WHY I was so sad all the time and not focusing on what to do about it. Of course, depression is incurable, but it's not intolerable, it only is when you make it that way.
So I started small, every day I would get up and do one thing that I needed and one thing that I wanted. So I got up, I needed to take a shower, so I did, and I wanted to bake something, so I did. I did this every day, slowly working the numbers up until I became semi-productive. Of course, I gave myself breaks always. Start small. Do something you love when you're sad. Do it when you're happy. Pour your emotions into your work or anything you do. When you do something you love, put all your feeling into it. You will understand what I mean when you know what your passion is.
Now, I know I'm not the perfect example of a walking kindness filled bundle of joy or anything, but doing what makes you happy is a good place to start.
im Keri and writing that made me happy.
personally this kind of web pages, people trying to help other people, if that isnt a reason for smilling i dont know what smilling reasons
Great thread @attainablehappiness
I moved it to this forum category because there is a community here that this post may really relate to. Thanks! :)
Aw I love this post! Sometimes when we acknowledge the things in our life that make us happy, we can improve our mood :) Thank you for sharing!
I want to participate and share what makes me happy!
I feel happiest when I am giving- so giving money or food to homeless, making a home cooked meal for my family, walking my dogs, or doing yoga! I love to give and make myself feel better through giving. <3
Personally, I don't even know anymore.
I have no control of my life, so I'm trapped in the same town I've been in since I was two and I need money to leave. I graduated college a year ago but since my town is horrible, my only prospects here are crap customer service jobs that I'd need 2-3 of just to make any money to leave or maybe stripping and I hate most of the men I encounter. Not to mention, I can't dance and I would probably make even less money than in the customer servoce jobs. Plus, I'm horrible at sales. The worst.
Maybe I can make enough money to get some pills, liquor, and a gun to blow my brains out.
I can't join the armed forces because I probably would either die in basic training (I'm in that bad of shape), get assaulted, or not even pass the psych evals.
I'm trying to find somewhere to get a TEFL certificate to get out but of course, it's damn near impossible to find a legitimate program. The only ones where I live are a scam program, connected with a really crap placement company or both.
Serving people just pisses me off, since most people are rude. And even if I work with animals, I'll probably get stuck on cage cleaning because my supervisor would be racist, sexist, or both.
I'm happy that I've reached the 20th level on my growth path
Wow, this was a great post! Thank you for sharing that!
It is wonderful that you were able to offer up ideas to fight depression, give a challenge to do so, give encouragement that it is possible, while at the same time acknowledge that, yeah, it can be a hard, difficult struggle.
Uplifting without being patronizing... go, you! Thank you again!
Now, I have something to think about, a little goal to work on...
My boyfriend makes me happy, but he is my only source of happiness and he is who I look to for happiness. It is really bad and I need to change that I just don't know how
I have found that this is true in my life as well. My boyfriend helped me through the hardest times in my life so far, and it's hard to me to find happiness in anything else but him.
Honestly, I have never thought of it. There are not many things that make me happy. sometimes I am not happy because I am alive but then in my mind come up my mom and my friends. So yeah, I am happy because of them. And especially, I want to thank my friend, because he is the best! Thank you, you old idiot for making me laugh countless times. And mom, I know I often have fall out with you but you really make me happy!
Honestly, I have never thought of it. There are not many things that make me happy. sometimes I am not happy because I am alive but then in my mind come up my mom and my friends. So yeah, I am happy because of them. And especially, I want to thank my friend, because he is the best! Thank you, you old idiot for making me laugh countless times. And mom, I know I often have fall out with you but you really make me happy!